CVE-2008-0252

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0252
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-12 02:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cherrypy Cherrypy All All All All
Application Cherrypy Cherrypy All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[1774] - CherryPy - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cherrypy.org Exploit, Patch
#744 (Malicious cookies may allow access to files outside the session directory) - CherryPy - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cherrypy.org Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1481-1 python-cherrypy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: python-cherrypy-2.2.1-8.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[1775] - CherryPy - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cherrypy.org Exploit, Patch
[1776] - CherryPy - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cherrypy.org Exploit
Debian update for python-cherrypy - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for CherryPy - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for python-cherrypy - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: python-cherrypy-2.2.1-8.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CherryPy Session Id Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for cherrypy - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CherryPy Cookie Session Id Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Bug 204829 - dev-python/cherrypy < 3.0.2-r1 Directory traversal via malicious cookie (CVE-2008-0252) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
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